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Cal. UIC § 1179.5

This is the official text of Cal. UIC § 1179.5, part of California’s Unemployment Insurance Code — governs unemployment and disability insurance benefits.

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Official statutory text

If an employing unit pays the amount of contributions, penalties, and interest assessed under Article 8 (commencing with Section 1126) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of this division:

(a) Before an administrative law judge issues his decision upon a petition for reassessment filed on such assessment, the payment shall constitute the filing of a claim for refund, the claim for refund shall be deemed denied by the director, and the petition for reassessment shall automatically become a petition to review a denial of the claim for refund.

(b) Before the appeals board issues its decision upon an appeal from the administrative law judge’s decision on a petition for reassessment, the payment shall constitute the filing of a claim for refund, the claim shall be deemed denied by the director, the denial shall be deemed affirmed by the administrative law judge, and the appeal shall automatically become an appeal from an administrative law judge’s decision upholding the director’s denial of the claim for refund.

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